# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bichu-thirumala
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:42:41.684Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bichu-thirumala"
name: "Bichu Thirumala"
slug: "bichu-thirumala"
description: "Bhaskaran Sivasankaran Nair, popularly known as Bichu Thirumala, was an Indian lyricist and poet. He is known for creating the style of arranging beautiful words in Malayalam film songs. In Malayalam cinema, Bichu Thirumala led the group of lyricists who wrote songs for readymade tunes. He won the Kerala State Film Award for the best lyricist two times. His prolific Malayalam film repertoire includes work with eminent composers like Shyam, G. Devarajan, V. Dakshinamurthy, M.S. Baburaj, K. Raghavan, M.S. Viswanathan, A.T. Ummer, K.J. Joy, Shankar–Ganesh, Jaya Vijaya, Raveendran, Jerry Amaldev, Johnson, Ouseppachan, Ilaiyaraaja, A. R. Rahman and the list goes on."
tagline: "Indian lyricist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bichu_Thirumala.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1942-02-13"
deathDate: "2021-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.54
  momentum:             1.381578947368421
  historical:           6.622176
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858236/"
    handle:    "nm0858236"
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    title: "Биччу Тирумала"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump